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parlous

Best crossword clue

"Fraught with danger"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɑːləs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aloprsuStarts with PEnds with S1 clues
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Definitions

  1. fraught with danger

Used in a sentence

  • The situation became parlous when the weather made resupply impossible.
  • [B]ables and comedies are parlous fellowes to decipher, and diſcourage men (that is the point) with their wittie flowtes and learned jerkes, enough to laſh any man out of countenance.
  • The safest way in such a parlous doubt, / Is steady watch and keep a sharp look out.

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